Take a look at what The Athletic foresees in Florida football's future heading into this fall, both overall and in the SEC.

Andrew Caley’s SEC preview for 2025, where he breaks down the conference and lets you know who he thinks will win it!

SEC bias might be real, but it doesn't mean the conference will take over the CFP. Ohio State should be just as good as last year, if not even better.

Preseason projections have Texas among the national title favorites, but a panel of SEC experts flagged the Longhorns as the league’s most overrated team. CBS Sports’ SEC preview led with a blunt assessment.

QB Sellers goes supernova, WR Nyck Harbor lives up to his freaky athletic traits, Edge Dylan Stewart terrorizes SEC signal callers en route to First Team All-SEC recognition, and the six defensive line transfers perform well enough to absorb the loss of several front-seven NFL draftees.

Though the 2025 college football season is just a few days away, hope still springs eternal among most fanbases. That veneer of offseason optimism has yet to wear off. All of the positive training camp reports and preseason rankings have bolstered that positive outlook.

“Saban retiring, in any era, was going to fundamentally impact the death grip the SEC had on college football,” Pate explained. “Because it wasn’t the SEC that had a death grip, it was Alabama, led by Nick Saban. Ten of the last 11 SEC Championships were either won by Bama or Georgia.”

The Playoff will weigh strength of schedule more heavily moving forward the selection committee announced days before the 2025 season